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Friday, June 24, 2016

With construction underway for a new library in Imperial City, we thought we'd bring you the construction images of the old library along with some final screen shots before it was torn down. Let's get to it!

The original concept of the Imperial City Library was to carve it from an existing mountain. Shapes and sides would be determined by the general shape of the mountain when all of the dirt was stripped off of it. Through this process, building-like structures would start to take shape and construction crews would have to make decisions of what was needed to stay and what to go away.

Once the mountain had been carved into a suitable shape, the exterior walls were then overlaid on top of the existing mountain. This allowed the building to be increased slightly in size and gave an easy surface to attach the exterior skin to.

Once the mountain had it's skin placed on it, demolition crews meticulously removed the mountain beneath using, for the most part, well placed TNT charges. With the mountain rock removed, floors could be added and the interior design work began.

Three main rooms quickly took shape; the lobby, the library, and the map room. The lobby was a simple open layout with several chairs and tables, tellers to help check out books and a smoothie bar so you could have a snack while reading up on Minecraft Redstoning. The library room was an enormous area consisting of long reading tables and rows of bookshelves. Finally, the most used room was the map room. The centerpiece of this room was the world globe that could be viewed all around. Originally the world map was located in this room, but as more area was being explored and conquered, there began to be too many maps for the room to handle. Eventually the map wall was moved to an undisclosed location far in the snowy biomes of the east where it has remained and grown exponentially.

When demolition was underway, crews decided to save the world globe and it now sits at the top dome of the new library building.

We hope you have enjoyed this look at the rise and fall of the Imperial City Library. Please feel free to comment or to join our Google+ community here or check us out on Pinterest. Thank you for your support and ideas. Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Friday, June 17, 2016

Hello Crafty Miners and welcome back to another edition of Spotlight. This week we spotlight Expo 1.10 to see all the new features that have been released. So let's get to it!

Several new blocks are now available to use. These include the Magma block, the bone block, the Structure block, Nether Wart Block and the Red Nether Brick.

Of note, the structure block can be used to take existing structures or buildings, copy them and then paste them anywhere in the world. Trans-hub has already utilized this new technology to copy their transportation station several times to various locations. Public works is also looking at using this block to create standard public structures that can be placed around the city, such as the teleportation booths.

Lastly, we say hello to a new animal that has been discovered; the Polar Bear. These creatures come from the frosty lands of snow and ice. This particular fellow is the first in the World of RAAR. Once this exposition is complete, he will be safely transported to a newly announced Animal Preserve that will be located in north Imperial City.

We hope you have enjoyed this brief look at the new 1.10 items. Please feel free to comment or check out the rest of our blog. If you are looking to get blog updates faster, join our World of RAAR Google+ community. Thanks for your support and until we meet again, Happy Crafting!

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The Imperial City Council has approved three new major projects recently. The first was the Spleef arena, which broke ground last week. The other two was the approval to demolish the East City Stables and Library in order for a new library and horse parkade to be built in their place.

Friday, March 18, 2016

IT'S HERE!! After much anticipation and quite a long wait, 1.9 has finally been released!

To celebrate this release, the Expo Center located in the Tri-C tower has been cleared out of all the Expo 1.8 exhibits and in its place is all the new items and blocks now available in 1.9. There is lots to see from this long coming event, even a highly guarded, highly unstable Ender crystal! (It will blow up and destroy everything... don't ask how I know)

Thanks for following Expo 1.9 over its entire course. We hope to bring you new updates as they develop for Expo 1.10!!

If you'd like to see everything released in 1.9, use the labels on the side of the blog to search for all articles related to Expo 1.9.

Friday, March 4, 2016

Hello Crafty Miners! Welcome back to the World of RAAR. This week we check out the newest bridge to be built in Imperial City, so let's get to it!

Late in 2015, Imperial City council met to discuss the expansion to the north and east sides of the grand canal. In that meeting, it was decided a second bridge across the watery gap was needed in order for the expansion plans to move forward.

After several different designs were rejected, the one that met the qualifications and fit the area selected for construction was the Skywalk Bridge. The bridge utilizes a double entry point on the east shore which allows pedestrians easy access from the existing road while maintaining only a small easement on the existing land lot. The west shore of the bridge is a single entry which ties in nicely with the existing infrastructure.

Tri-C Engineering was able to build the bridge quickly which helped city council begin the process of subdividing the lots for future construction projects.

We hope you have enjoyed this look at the Skywalk Bridge. Stay tuned for more builds coming your way on the World of RAAR Blog. Until we meet again, Happy Crafting!